Larimer County's Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP)

Larimer County's Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) was designed to reflect community needs and values. The CHIP provides a set of goals and specific objectives, and will include evidence-based strategies to address the health needs of Larimer County residents, focusing on two priority areas:

Mental and emotional well-being

Raising healthy children

Background

The process to create the five-year CHIP began after Colorado passed the Public Health Reauthorization Act in 2008, which required each local public health agency to complete a Community Health Assessment and create a Health Improvement Plan focusing on high priority areas. This effort involved compiling county-level health data to assess community health status, assessing capacity of public health partners to address community health issues, gathering input from key individuals and the community at-large, and prioritizing actions. This process took into consideration other community efforts working to improve the lives and health of Larimer County residents. Numerous organizations and individuals were involved in the various work groups and committees that informed the community health assessment and developed the CHIP. It will take the entire community to create a healthy community for Larimer County residents to live, work, learn, and play.

The Larimer County CHIP is intended to be a "living" document, and will be updated as the CHIP work continues. For more information, contact Christy Bush, MHS, Project Manager.